Karnes County, TX 1860 Federal Slave Schedule http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tx/karnes/1860/ (File 1 of 1 for all districts) Pages 28A-30A This Census was transcribed by Russell Anderson and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Russell Anderson ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. 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For Slaves over 100 years old, frequently (not always) the name of the slave is listed. While women were not supposed to be able to own property at the time of these census enumerations, there are numerous entries where the owner of the slaves either has a "female" first name or is identified as "Mrs." CENSUS-YEAR 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULE MICROFILM #M653-1311 STATE TEXAS COUNTY KARNES ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- LEFT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 28A HANDWRITTEN: 42 ENUM/DATE: July 21, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= L-1 Shockley A M 1 15 M B . . . . Not Stated L-2 " " 2 14 M B . . . 1 July 21, 1859 L-3 Belding W C 1 22 M B . . . . . L-4 " " 2 16 F B . . . . . L-5 " " 3 11 F M . . . 1 . L-6 Lemon R S 1 16 F B . . . 1 . L-7 Winfield E H 1 23 M B . . . . . L-8 " " 2 24 M B . . . 1 . L-9 Droomegrole W A 1 23 F B . . . . . L-10 " " 2 20 F B . . . . . L-11 " " 3 8 M B . . . . . L-12 " " 4 3 F M . . . . . L-13 " " 5 2 F B . . . . . L-14 " " 6 2 F M . . . . . L-15 " " 7 6/12 F B . . . 1 . L-16 Hatchinson W 1 38 M B . . . . . L-17 " " 2 30 M B . . . . . L-18 " " 3 17 F M . . . . . L-19 " " 4 2/12 M B . . . 1 . L-20 Tyler M A 1 48 M M . . . . . L-21 " " 2 22 M B . . . . . L-22 " " 3 18 F B . . . . . L-23 " " 4 14 F B . . . . . L-24 " " 5 13 M M . . . . . L-25 " " 6 8 M M . . . . . L-26 " " 7 5/12 M M . . . 1 . L-27 Brown Ja's 1 25 M B . . . . . L-28 " " 2 20 F B . . . . . L-29 " " 3 8 F B . . . . . L-30 " " 4 6 M M . . . . . L-31 " " 5 4 M B . . . . . L-32 " " 6 2 M B . . . 1 . L-33 Cox F B S 1 40 F B . . . . . L-34 " " 2 20 F B . . . . . L-35 " " 3 14 M B . . . . . L-36 " " 4 6 M M . . . . . L-37 " " 5 4 M B . . . . . L-38 " " 6 4 F B . . . . . L-39 " " 7 6 M B . . . . . L-40 Eckford N 1 22 M M . . . . . RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 28A HANDWRITTEN: 42 ENUM/DATE: July 21, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= R-1 Eckford N 2 20 M B . . . . . R-2 " " 3 18 M B . . . . . R-3 " " 4 12 F B . . . 1 . R-4 Woffords Jn'o 1 11 F M . . . 1 . R-5 Sullevan Ja's 1 20 M B . . . . . R-6 " " 2 25 M B . . . . . R-7 " " 3 23 F B . . . . . R-8 " " 4 6 F B . . . 1 . R-9 Lyons D C 1 25 F B . . . . . R-10 " " 2 18 M B . . . 1 . R-11 Perryman Sam'l 1 75 F B . . . . . R-12 " " 2 45 M B . . . . . R-13 " " 3 45 F B . . . . . R-14 " " 4 40 F B . . . . . R-15 " " 5 30 F B . . . . . R-16 " " 6 30 F B . . . . . R-17 " " 7 15 F B . . . . . R-18 " " 8 15 F M . . . . . R-19 " " 9 35 M B . . . . . R-20 " " 10 25 M B . . . . . R-21 " " 11 18 M B . . . . . R-22 " " 12 18 M B . . . . . R-23 " " 13 18 M B . . . . . R-24 " " 14 14 M B . . . . . R-25 " " 15 12 M B . . . . . R-26 " " 16 12 M B . . . . . R-27 " " 17 11 M B . . . . . R-28 " " 18 12 M B . . . . . R-29 " " 19 12 M B . . . . . R-30 " " 20 14 M B . . . . . R-31 " " 21 12 M B . . . . . R-32 " " 22 12 F B . . . . . R-33 " " 23 12 F B . . . . . R-34 " " 24 45 F B . . . . . R-35 " " 25 10 M M . . . . . R-36 " " 26 9 M B . . . . . R-37 " " 27 8 M B . . . . . R-38 " " 28 10 M B . . . . . R-39 " " 29 9 M B . . . . . R-40 " " 30 7 M M . . . . . LEFT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 28B HANDWRITTEN: 43 ENUM/DATE: July 26, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= L-1 Perryman Sam'l 31 7 M B . . . . . L-2 " " 32 2 F B . . . . . L-3 " " 33 2 F B . . . . . L-4 " " 34 28 F B . . . . . L-5 " " 35 4 F B . . . . . L-6 " " 36 10 M B . . . 2 . L-7 Malone Tho's B 1 10 F B . . . 1 . L-8 Ray E 1 40 M B . . . 1 . L-9 Elder J M 1 21 M B . . . . . L-10 " " 2 10 F B . . . . . L-11 " " 3 10 M B . . . . . L-12 " " 4 8 F B . . . 1 . L-13 Davis Isham 1 37 F B . . . . . L-14 " " 2 21 M B . . . . . L-15 " " 3 13 F B . . . . . L-16 " " 4 9 M B . . . . . L-17 " " 5 4 F B . . . . . L-18 " " 6 2 F B . . . . . L-19 " " 7 2/12 M M . . . 1 . L-20 Barrass L W 1 35 F B . . . 1 . L-21 Coker Jn'o 1 20 F B . . . 1 . L-22 Carr Wiley 1 20 M B . . . . . L-23 " " 2 27 M B . . . . . L-24 " " 3 25 F B . . . . . L-25 " " 4 23 F B . . . . . L-26 " " 5 12 M B . . . . . L-27 " " 6 8 M B . . . . . L-28 " " 7 2 M B . . . 1 . L-29 Canfield Z 1 32 F B . . . . . L-30 " " 2 30 F B . . . . . L-31 " " 3 27 M B . . . . . L-32 " " 4 23 F B . . . . . L-33 " " 5 14 F B . . . . . L-34 " " 6 10 F B . . . . . L-35 " " 7 8 M B . . . . . L-36 " " 8 5 F B . . . . . L-37 " " 9 2 M B . . . . . L-38 " " 10 6/12 M B . . . . . L-39 " " 11 2 M B . . . . . L-40 " " 12 8/12 F B . . . . . RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 28B HANDWRITTEN: 43 ENUM/DATE: July 26, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= R-1 Canfield W E 1 50 F B . . . . . R-2 " " 2 20 M B . . . . . R-3 " " 3 30 M B . . . . . R-4 " " 4 25 M B . . . . . R-5 " " 5 20 M B . . . . . R-6 " " 6 25 F B . . . . . R-7 " " 7 18 F B . . . . . R-8 " " 8 8 F B . . . . . R-9 " " 9 7 F B . . . . . R-10 " " 10 3 F B . . . . . R-11 " " 11 2 M B . . . . . R-12 " " 12 6/12 M B . . . . . R-13 " " 13 7/12 M B . . . 2 . R-14 Bennett E M 1 43 F B . . . . . R-15 " " 2 11 F B . . . 1 . R-16 Barfield Tho's J 1 23 M B . . . 1 . R-17 Davis A 1 15 F B . . . 1 . R-18 Barfield K J 1 45 F B . . . . . R-19 " " 2 30 F B . . . . . R-20 " " 3 38 F B . . . . . R-21 " " 4 26 M B . . . . . R-22 " " 5 22 M B . . . . . R-23 " " 6 18 M B . . . 1 . R-24 Barfield C J 1 19 M B . . . 1 . R-25 Scoggin D C 1 29 F B . . . . . R-26 " " 2 13 F B . . . . . R-27 " " 3 11 M B . . . . . R-28 " " 4 9 F B . . . . . R-29 " " 5 7 M B . . . . . R-30 " " 6 5 F B . . . 1 . R-31 Barfield J C 1 30 M B . . . 1 . R-32 Knight E 1 17 M B . . . 1 . R-33 Lawson M 1 70 M B . . . . . R-34 " " 2 28 F B . . . . . R-35 " " 3 10 F M . . . . . R-36 " " 4 9 M B . . . . . R-37 " " 5 6 F M . . . . . R-38 " " 6 4 F M . . . . . R-39 " " 7 2 F M . . . . . R-40 " " 8 2/12 F M . . . 1 . LEFT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 29A HANDWRITTEN: 44 ENUM/DATE: July 30, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= L-1 Donley Andrew 1 5 M B . . . 1 . L-2 Pace Jo's 1 20 F B . . . . . L-3 " " 2 4 F B . . . 1 . L-4 McLane W'm 1 50 M B . . . . . L-5 " " 2 20 F B . . . . . L-6 " " 3 16 M B . . . . . L-7 " " 4 12 F B . . . 1 . L-8 Calvert J L 1 30 M B . . . 1 . L-9 Tery Jo's A 1 30 F B . . . . . L-10 " " 2 5 M B . . . . . L-11 " " 3 3 M B . . . . . L-12 " " 4 6/12 F M . . . 1 . L-13 Shyles Ja's R 1 53 M B . . . . . L-14 " " 2 48 M B . . . . . L-15 " " 3 45 F B . . . . . L-16 " " 4 60 F B . . . . . L-17 " " 5 25 F B . . . . . L-18 " " 6 28 M B . . . . . L-19 " " 7 17 M B . . . . . L-20 " " 8 13 F B . . . . . L-21 " " 9 11 F B . . . . . L-22 " " 10 8 M B . . . . . L-23 " " 11 8 F B . . . . . L-24 " " 12 6 F B . . . 2 . L-25 Skyles C H 1 23 F B . . . . . L-26 " " 2 1 F B . . . 1 . L-27 Skyles W R 1 6 M B . . . . . L-28 Short J L 1 13 F B . . . 1 . L-29 Whetston D D 1 30 M B . . . . . L-30 " " 2 25 F B . . . . . L-31 " " 3 16 F B . . . . . L-32 " " 4 8 F B . . . . . L-33 " " 5 6 M B . . . . . L-34 " " 6 4 F B . . . 1 . L-35 Kelley W G 1 25 F B . . . . . L-36 " " 2 3 M B . . . 1 . L-37 Nowlan J C 1 35 M B . . . . . L-38 " " 2 45 F B . . . 1 . L-39 Lackey Rob't A 1 20 F M . . . . . L-40 " " 2 10 M M . . . . . RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 29A HANDWRITTEN: 44 ENUM/DATE: July 30, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= R-1 Lackey Rob't A 3 8 M M . . . . . R-2 " " 4 5 M M . . . . . R-3 " " 5 3 M M . . . . . R-4 " " 6 1 F M . . . 1 . R-5 Navarro L 1 18 M B . . . . . R-6 " " 2 20 F B . . . . . R-7 " " 3 3 F B . . . . . R-8 " " 4 2 M B . . . 1 . R-9 Morrow G W 1 29 F B . . . . . R-10 " " 2 7 F B . . . . . R-11 " " 3 5 M B . . . . . R-12 " " 4 6/12 M B . . . 1 . R-13 Smythe Ja's P 1 40 F B . . . . . R-14 " " 2 8 M B . . . . . R-15 " " 3 7 M B . . . . . R-16 " " 4 6 M B . . . . . R-17 " " 5 4 F B . . . . . R-18 " " 6 3 F B . . . . . R-19 " " 7 2 F B . . . . . R-20 " " 8 6/12 F B . . . 1 . R-21 Mayfield W H 1 42 M B . . . . . R-22 " " 2 35 F B . . . . . R-23 " " 3 22 M B . . . . . R-24 " " 4 18 M B . . . . . R-25 " " 5 16 M B . . . . . R-26 " " 6 13 F B . . . . . R-27 " " 7 11 M B . . . . . R-28 " " 8 9 M B . . . . . R-29 " " 9 4 M B . . . . . R-30 " " 10 2 M B . . . . . R-31 " " 11 4/12 M B . . . 1 . R-32 Williams A J 1 36 M B . . . . . R-33 " " 2 36 F B . . . . . R-34 " " 3 22 M B . . . . . R-35 " " 4 22 F B . . . . . R-36 " " 5 18 M B . . . . . R-37 " " 6 6 F B . . . . . R-38 " " 7 4 F B . . . . . R-39 " " 8 2 M B . . . 2 . R-40 Rush W"m 1 40 F B . . . . . LEFT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 29B HANDWRITTEN: 45 ENUM/DATE: August 13, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= L-1 Dopper J A C 1 35 F B . . . . . L-2 " " 2 4 M B . . . . . L-3 " " 3 4 M B . . . . . L-4 " " 4 4/12 M B . . . 1 . L-5 Cooper J D 1 45 F B . . . . . L-6 " " 2 20 F B . . . . . L-7 " " 3 15 F B . . . 1 . L-8 Renfro C 1 18 F B . . . 1 . L-9 Butler B 1 20 M B . . . . . L-10 " " 2 20 M B . . . . . L-11 " " 3 18 M B . . . . . L-12 " " 4 40 F B . . . . . L-13 " " 5 35 F B . . . . . L-14 " " 6 25 F B . . . . . L-15 " " 7 23 F B . . . . . L-16 " " 8 14 F B . . . . . L-17 " " 9 12 F B . . . . . L-18 " " 10 10 F B . . . . . L-19 " " 11 9 F B . . . . . L-20 " " 12 8 F B . . . . . L-21 " " 13 4 F B . . . . . L-22 " " 14 3 F B . . . 3 . L-23 Shultz C W 1 45 M B . . . . . L-24 " " 2 45 F B . . . 1 . L-25 Rabb Tho's 1 20 M B . . . . . L-26 " " 2 18 F B . . . . . L-27 " " 3 9 M B . . . . . L-28 " " 4 1 F M . . . 1 . L-29 Webb Tho's 1 50 F M . . . . . L-30 " " 2 30 M B . . . . . L-31 " " 3 18 M M . . . . . L-32 " " 4 20 F M . . . . . L-33 " " 5 17 F M . . . . . L-34 " " 6 10 M M . . . . . L-35 " " 7 10 F M . . . . . L-36 " " 8 5/12 M M . . . 2 . L-37 Morris Sefred 1 12 F B . . . 1 . L-38 Lipscomb S L 1 50 M B . . . . . L-39 " " 2 50 M B . . . . . L-40 " " 3 45 M B . . . . . RIGHT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 29B HANDWRITTEN: 45 ENUM/DATE: August 13, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= R-1 Lipscomb S L 4 50 M B . . . . . R-2 " " 5 48 F B . . . . . R-3 " " 6 46 F B . . . . . R-4 " " 7 50 F B . . . . . R-5 " " 8 45 M B . . . . . R-6 " " 9 42 M B . . . . . R-7 " " 10 40 M B . . . . . R-8 " " 11 42 M B . . . . . R-9 " " 12 20 M B . . . . . R-10 " " 13 20 M B . . . . . R-11 " " 14 18 M B . . . . . R-12 " " 15 18 M B . . . . . R-13 " " 16 17 F M . . . . . R-14 " " 17 19 F M . . . . . R-15 " " 18 18 F M . . . . . R-16 " " 19 20 M B . . . . . R-17 " " 20 16 F B . . . . . R-18 " " 21 15 F B . . . . . R-19 " " 22 15 M B . . . . . R-20 " " 23 15 M M . . . . . R-21 " " 24 15 M M . . . . . R-22 " " 25 15 M B . . . . . R-23 " " 26 10 F B . . . . . R-24 " " 27 10 F B . . . . . R-25 " " 28 10 F B . . . . . R-26 " " 29 9 F M . . . . . R-27 " " 30 9 F B . . . . . R-28 " " 31 8 F B . . . . . R-29 " " 32 6 M B . . . . . R-30 " " 33 4 F M . . . . . R-31 " " 34 3 M M . . . . . R-32 " " 35 2 F M . . . . . R-33 " " 36 1 F B . . . . . R-34 " " 37 1 F M . . . . . R-35 " " 38 35 M B . . . . . R-36 " " 39 30 F B . . . . . R-37 " " 40 29 M B . . . . . R-38 " " 41 27 F M . . . . . R-39 " " 42 25 F B . . . . . LEFT SET OF COLUMNS ================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1860 SLAVE STATE: Texas COUNTY: Karnes DISTRICT: Helena MICROFILE: M653-1311 ENUMERATOR: S. Sheppard PAGE NO: 30A HANDWRITTEN: 46 ENUM/DATE: August 13, 1860 ================================================================================================================= FUGITIVE #MANU- DEAF # OF Slave Owner # OF COLOR FROM MITTED DUMB SLAVE LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME SLAVES AGE SEX (B/M) STATE (FREED) BLIND HOUSES TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ================================================================================================================= L-1 Ammons H R 1 37 F B . . . . . L-2 " " 2 11 M B . . . . . L-3 " " 3 7 M B . . . . . L-4 " " 4 5 M B . . . 1 . L-5 Russell C A 1 45 F M . . . 1 . L-6 Littleton Jn'o 1 22 F M . . . . . L-7 " " 2 2 M M . . . 1 . L-8 Clark J J 1 22 M B . . . 1 Ends Karnes county ================================================================================================================= If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ =================================================================================================================